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John LeCarre: It's easy to...

John LeCarre: It's easy to...

It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a...

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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John Fowles: There are many...

John Fowles: There are many...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative...

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Graham Henry Greene: Morality comes with...

Graham Henry Greene: Morality comes with...

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

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George Eliot: It is only...

George Eliot: It is only...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have...

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George Eliot: Those who trust...

George Eliot: Those who trust...

Those who trust us educate us.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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Theodore Dreiser: Art is the...

Theodore Dreiser: Art is the...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul,
gathered on wings of misery and travail.


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Edward Hoagland: The question of...

Edward Hoagland: The question of...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded...

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P G Wodehouse: Golf, like measles,...

P G Wodehouse: Golf, like measles,...

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

Source: In The Golfer's Book of Wisdom,...

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Gay Talese: The reporter ....

Gay Talese: The reporter ....

The reporter . . . wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on...

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Mark Twain: Adam was the...

Mark Twain: Adam was the...

Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before...

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Mark Twain: All you need...

Mark Twain: All you need...

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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Mark Twain: What is there...

Mark Twain: What is there...

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which...

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E B White: Luck is not...

E B White: Luck is not...

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Source:...

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Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and...

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William Faulkner: All of us...

William Faulkner: All of us...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the...

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Thomas Wolfe: Culture is the...

Thomas Wolfe: Culture is the...

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the...

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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